It was a busy Saturday after all, we had risen early to help work a food concession at the Fort Riley Apple Day. Think country fair meets Army vehicle displays with a Calvary competition and reenactors. Yes, it was a blast. My only disappointment? The only apples to be found were in pies already. Sigh.
You will see why we were understandable tired at the end of a long day (that had begun at 0600 aka 6:00 A.M.). We had done a lot! This doesn't even show a fraction of everything we did that day.
Needless to say, taking the time to make a traditional supper was NOT in our plan anymore. In fact, I even did something I don't normally do at all. I fell asleep for about twenty minutes on the couch. I know, it shocked me too. However, during the time of this wonderful nap, it was my husband to the rescue. He looked around at the produce we had left for the week from the farm (remember the CSA?) and decided to make the most delicious, amazing and perfectly cooked onion rings I have tasted in years. Well, he might just have been trying to make some onion rings as a snack but that is not how it seemed to the rest of the family.
The perfection of an onion ring is in the delicate balance of the crispy outside and the fact that when you bite into it the onion is cooked enough so that it makes a clean break and not being mush. Too many times a delicious tasting onion ring fails this test. You bite in and end up pulling the entire onion out in the first bite or there is nothing but mush. These, however achieved that perfect balance through simplicity.
Too many times we try to complicate things, even onion rings. What if we fry in a different oil or add more seasoning? We need a dipping sauce, or two, or ten. Where and when does it end? We figure if we take a simple process (heat oil, slice onion, dip onion in batter/breading, fry onion, remove excess oil, enjoy) we can improve on it and make it even better. We forget that simplicity, and the perfect onion ring, doesn't need improving. It is enough in and of itself. Just like us.
We don't have to be anything that we are not, we are good enough just how we are. Being skinnier, heavier, younger, older, lighter, darker, more toned, smarter, better looking, more accomplished doesn't really amount to anything if we are never at peace with who and what we are right now. So, as I constantly struggle with this lesson myself I want to remind you that YOU ARE ENOUGH! So don't overcomplicate things. Enjoy who you are and everything you have been blessed with -- especially onion rings!
Needless to say, taking the time to make a traditional supper was NOT in our plan anymore. In fact, I even did something I don't normally do at all. I fell asleep for about twenty minutes on the couch. I know, it shocked me too. However, during the time of this wonderful nap, it was my husband to the rescue. He looked around at the produce we had left for the week from the farm (remember the CSA?) and decided to make the most delicious, amazing and perfectly cooked onion rings I have tasted in years. Well, he might just have been trying to make some onion rings as a snack but that is not how it seemed to the rest of the family.
The perfection of an onion ring is in the delicate balance of the crispy outside and the fact that when you bite into it the onion is cooked enough so that it makes a clean break and not being mush. Too many times a delicious tasting onion ring fails this test. You bite in and end up pulling the entire onion out in the first bite or there is nothing but mush. These, however achieved that perfect balance through simplicity.
Too many times we try to complicate things, even onion rings. What if we fry in a different oil or add more seasoning? We need a dipping sauce, or two, or ten. Where and when does it end? We figure if we take a simple process (heat oil, slice onion, dip onion in batter/breading, fry onion, remove excess oil, enjoy) we can improve on it and make it even better. We forget that simplicity, and the perfect onion ring, doesn't need improving. It is enough in and of itself. Just like us.
We don't have to be anything that we are not, we are good enough just how we are. Being skinnier, heavier, younger, older, lighter, darker, more toned, smarter, better looking, more accomplished doesn't really amount to anything if we are never at peace with who and what we are right now. So, as I constantly struggle with this lesson myself I want to remind you that YOU ARE ENOUGH! So don't overcomplicate things. Enjoy who you are and everything you have been blessed with -- especially onion rings!
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